5 Ways To Ruin A Great Design. 

1. 5 Ways To Ruin A Great Design.

As an active, contributing member of the Church Marketing Lab on Flickr, I’ve seen my fair share of bad design pieces.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to say that everything in the Lab is bad; that would be...
Consider Yourself Hooked Up. 

2. Consider Yourself Hooked Up.

Thanks to everyone who read and enjoyed my Evolution Of The Bulletin series. For those of you who have asked, I’m making the InDesign source files available to you… right here - right now. One of our values here at CCV...
Evolution of The Bulletin - Part 3. 

3. Evolution of The Bulletin - Part 3.

The next phase in the evolution of the bulletin at CCV included a completely new shape and size that would allow us to save some money by freeing up space to print some various items for free.  My boss, Jon Edmiston, explains this...
Evolution of the Bulletin - Part 1. 

4. Evolution of the Bulletin - Part 1.

Over the next couple of days, I’ll share with you how our church bulletin has evolved over the past couple of years.  When I came on staff here at CCV, over 2 years ago, one of my primary tasks was to design and layout the weekly...
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Here Are My Hands.



Stumbled across this gem of a video over on Blaine Hogan’s blog.  As one who often battles with feeling insignifcant and unworthy of the call, this video really hit home for me.  This song is now my prayer…

Will you make it yours?

Hip-Hop in Church?



If you’re a Coldplay purist, you’re probably not going to like this post.  I’m a big fan of Coldplay, but.. I’m a bigger fan of pushing creative boundaries in the Church.  Last weekend at Palm Valley Church, they did just that.  Take a look at the video and see for yourself…

Kudos to Derrick and the rest of the team at Palm Valley for thinking outside the box and trying something completely unexpected. I love it!!

Social Media Revolution



I think we’re all smart enough to know that Social Media is not a fad. It has completely changed the way we communicate and is obviously here to stay. With that knowledge and understanding, we… the Church, are going to have to figure new ways to communicate in this Social Media Revolution.  This video sums it all up…

You Are An Artist



“You are a maker of things. You are a prophet. You are called to bring into the light the things you have found in the darkness.”

I stumbled up on a blog post over at ChurchKreatives.  Usually… I’m not a big fan of the live drama thing, but.. this was done really well.  I’m not sure what this video was created for, but it feels like Granger and sounds like the voice of Kem Meyer.  It’s a long video, but.. well worth it. If you are an artist, especially one who works in the Church, you will resonate and relate with this video.

BEHOLD THE DREAMER COMETH from blaine hogan on Vimeo.

I particulary resonated with the part that talks about procrastination.  I’ve seen this happen time and time again in my creative cycle.  I lose inspiration and procrastinate on projects. Staying inspired and creative is probalby THE hardest part of being an artist. But there is hope!

We must recognize that God can, and will, work through us if we ask Him and let Him.

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